The Brat Pack Photos Through the Years (2024)

The Brat Pack was a moniker created by journalist David Blum in a 1985 piece for New York Magazine — originally set to be a profile following Emilio Estevez. The article made waves by giving Hollywood’s young movie stars a name — but it took the stars a long time to appreciate their nickname“It’s come to be known as this sort of wonderfully iconic, affectionate term over the centuries since it happened,” Andrew McCarthy exclusively told Us Weekly in May 2024, while promoting his Brats documentary about the iconic group. He explained that the actors labeled as members of the Brat Pack — including himself, Estevez, Rob Lowe and Molly Ringwald, among others — didn’t see it that way.“We felt sort of, in a weird way, very alone in this thing because we interpreted it as one thing and the whole rest of the public interpreted it entirely differently,” McCarthy continued. “That's all any of us ever want in life is to be seen, and we suddenly felt unseen in a certain way.”While the Brat Pack has become this nostalgic name, McCarthy recalled being perceived as “punks” after the initial article was released.“At the beginning, we really despised [the name] and now I've come to see it really is this huge blessing in my life,” he added.Keep scrolling to see photos of the Brat Pack over the years:

Several Brat Pack members starred in The Outsiders before the name came to be. Estevez and Lowe were joined by C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze and Tom Cruise.

Estevez, Lowe and Cruise were all smiles when attending the In The Custody of Strangers premiere in 1982.

St. Elmo’s Fire was perhaps the movie with the biggest Brat Pack presence as Lowe, McCarthy and Estevez all starred. Ally Sheedy, Demi Moore, Mare Winningham and Judd Nelson were also in the film.

McCarthy posed alongside Ringwald and Jon Cryer for Pretty in Pink.

Estevez and Nelson reunited at Cannes Film Festival.

The Breakfast Club stars Sheedy, Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall all reunited at the MTV Movie Awards to celebrate the movie’s 20th anniversary.

Sheedy, Ringwald, Nelson, Cryer and Hall reunited at the Oscars to honor late director John Hughes, who died of a heart attack at age 59 several months prior. Hughes directed several Brat Pack films, including The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles.

Lowe and Moore had a major reunion at a Tom Ford fashion show.

McCarthy posed alongside Sheedy, Moore and Cryer at the Brats premiere at Tribeca Film Festival.

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